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TIL blowflies repeatedly "puke" a droplet of liquid out of their body and suck it back in to cool themselves via evaporation

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mxyEp TIL 35% of people wipe standing up.
negnG TIL: A Virginian couple with the last name "Null" is often unable to fill out online forms because their last name is rejected for being "null."
875K TIL: The statement that “Women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men” is false. The gender wage gap is virtually nonexistent for identical jobs once all factors are taken into consideration.
nWwBr TIL that the largest living organism on the planet is a fungus! In the state of Oregon, USA, there is an Armillaria ostoyae – also known as the 'honey fungus' – that spans approximately 965 hectares (around 2,400 acres).
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